Fairbanks
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Appeal from the decree of the Judge of Probate, Penobscot County, ordering distribution of the residue of the estate of Lydia H. Ruggles, deceased testate, as follows : one-eighth thereof to each of the two sisters of the testatrix ; one twenty-fourth thereof to each of her six nieces and nephews; one twenty-second thereof to each of the eleven nieces and nephews of Hiram Ruggles, the deceased husband of the testatrix.
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On report. Appeal from the decree of the Judge of Probate, Penobscot County, ordering distribution of the residue of the estate of Lydia H. Ruggles, deceased testate, as follows : one-eighth thereof to each of the two sisters of the testatrix ; one twenty-fourth thereof to each of her six nieces and nephews; one twenty-second thereof to each of the eleven nieces and nephews of Hiram Ruggles, the deceased husband of the testatrix. The case came on for hearing at the April term 1908, Supreme Judicial Court, Penobscot County, at which time and by agreement of the parties it was reported to the…
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
Lydia H. Ruggles devised and bequeathed the residue of her estate in the following language :
"All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate I give, devise and bequeath to my heirs and the heirs of my late husband, Hiram Ruggles, those standing in the same degree of l'elationship either to myself of said Hiram to share alike according to the laws of descent in this State.”
The testatrix died in November 1905 leaving surviving her two sisters, also a niece and two nephews, children of a deceased brother, and three other nieces, children of another deceased brother. Hiram Ruggles died in May…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Woodward v. . JamesNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Richards v. MillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
- Campbell v. . RawdonNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Bassett v. GrangerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Allen v. BoardmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
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- Mellen v. MellenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1952
- Henry v. HenryIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
- In re the Estate of AdkinsOrphan's Court of Delaware · 1947
- Henry v. HenryIllinois Supreme Court · 1941